to borrow
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1.0
To use something that belongs to someone else and give it back later
- verb
- /ˈbɔroʊ/
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- Can I borrow your car next weekend to take her out?
- borrow money
- borrow books
- borrow funds
Because to fight World War One, they had borrowed from the United States.
- Because to fight World War One, they had borrowed from the United States.
- So leverage allows you to borrow future money to use now.
- He says, don't worry, you can borrow my socks.
- A friend of his had borrowed his car to come and see me.
- And they say, well, no, I say, well, then it's not borrowing that's stealing.
- the Fed rate is what banks borrow from other banks for.
- In those Depression years, we used to borrow merchandise from other stores.
- I use Libby and OverDrive to borrow books from the library.
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Examples
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May we borrow your bedroom?
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- We're gonna borrow some money.
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And remember you can borrow these from friends.
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Hey, can I borrow that?
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Hey, I was wondering if I could borrow some fishing gear?
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Would you mind if I borrowed a little Scotch tape?
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Can I borrow this memory box, Nan?
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Can I borrow your bike, that's really nice of you.
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I didn't ask my mom to borrow the book, but she wouldn't have expected me to.
Academic text (2015) -
Can I borrow your laptop for a few hours to finish my project?
Antonyms
Compounds
How Offensive
to misappropriate
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8.4
- Formal
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8.4
to exploit
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to appropriate
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- Offensive
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to borrow
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to adopt
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3.2
use
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Borrow comes from an old English word borgian meaning 'to give or take with a promise'. So when you borrow something you take it for a time and promise to give it back.